Hitting Across the Line
Published on 15. July 2016
288 pages
978-1-78281-733-8 (ISBN)
Description
The career of cricket's greatest enigma, Viv Richardsm spans a tumultuous 20 years. Born Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards in Antiqua he made his first-class debut for the leeward Islands in 1971, and his Test debut for the West Indies in 1974. Richards writes about his family, his time at Somerset with his great friend Ian Botham, which ended in 1986 amidst bitter controversy. Hitting Across the Line is the forthright and perceptive autobiography of a cricketing genius
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue
- The Young Antigan
- Dark Days, Cold Nights
- Test Initiation
- Fear and Loathing in Australia
- The Football Match
- Grovel!
- Early Days in Somerset
- Kerry Packer and Other Eccentrics
- All This, and Cricket Too
- A Captain's Manifesto
- Champions of the World
- The Best of Times
- Pride and Prejudice
- Up North
- The Case for Change
- Entertaining Mr Lawton
- Reflections from the Patio
- Career Record
